Young Thug has finally been returned money and property that was seized during a previous investigation tied to his YSL RICO case.
In a legal order from January 7, Fulton County Superior Court Judge Paige Reese Whitaker demanded that the state give back most of the property that investigators seized, such as a 2022 Chevrolet Corvette, a 2022 Porsche 911, a 2021 Jeep Grand Cherokee, a 2018 Lamborghini vehicle, a Can-AM Spyder, three Mercedes-Benz vehicles, and more than $149,000 in cash.
Aside from these items, Thug also had six different guns confiscated — a Glock 19X, a Glock 45 9mm-caliber, a Glock .357-caliber, a Glock 30S .45-caliber, an FN Five-Seven, and a Smith & Wesson M&P .40-caliber.
"The Court finds that the plain language of the statute requires that Claimants' property be returned promptly, free of liens and encumbrances," the ruling by Whitaker reads. "The State has not identified any authority that would allow it to retain custody of the property where the forfeiture complaint has been dismissed, and now the State's appeal of that dismissal has been dismissed."
Young Thug’s attorney Brian Steel confirmed to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution that prosecutors met the Friday (January 9) 5 p.m. deadline and returned the rapper his items.
Thug’s attorney, Rian Steele, previously petitioned the court using the argument that the state had not held a civil forfeiture hearing within the 60-day time limit.
Thug is currently serving 15 years of probation due to the outcome of the YSL RICO case where he pleaded no contest to a racketeering conspiracy charge and one count of leading a street gang, and pleaded guilty to one count of possession of a machine gun, one count of possession of a firearm during a felony, and three counts of violating Georgia's Controlled Substances Act.
